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An off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known as “River Dave” is no longer homeless. One of his supporters posted on social media that temporary housing has been secured for David Lidstone through the winter while he decides whether to rebuild his cabin or accept some other housing. The location is being kept secret to protect Lidstone’s privacy, Jodie Gedeon wrote...

A billionaire software company CEO has given a former hermit in New Hampshire $180,000 to rebuild his cabin in a new location.

David Lidstone, 81, has 60 days to remove his stuff from the New Hampshire property.

An off-the-grid New Hampshire man’s days living as a hermit appear to be over. “River Dave,” whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on property that he was ordered to leave, says he doesn’t think he can return to his lifestyle. “I don’t see how I can go back to being a hermit because society...

David Lidstone, the 81-year-old man friends call “River Dave,” has lived in the New Hampshire woods for almost three decades, building a cabin in Canterbury and mostly living off the land. “He’s really a good soul,” said Jodie Gedeon, who met Lidstone 20 years ago while she was kayaking along the Merrimack River. They’ve been buddies ever since. “We...

A man who has been living in a cabin in the woods of New Hampshire was arrested amid a dispute over the land; his cabin burned down while he was behind bars.

The New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office said Thursday it has opened an investigation into a fire that destroyed a small cabin where an off-the-grid hermit had lived for almost three decades. David Lidstone, 81, lived in the woods along the Merrimack River and was known by locals as “River Dave.” He was jailed on July 15 on a civil…

For almost three decades, 81-year-old David Lidstone has lived in the woods of New Hampshire along the Merrimack River in a small cabin adorned with solar panels, but his off-the-grid existence appears to be at risk.